Alexei

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to boys 92.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,087
2000 · 48 births
Debut · boys
1961
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,369
since 1961

Alexei over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #7,532, 1998peak #2,087, 2000girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,24036
2024—#2,75047
2023—#3,41634
2022#13,5926#2,83045
2021#15,2515#2,55251
2020—#2,88641
2019—#2,69447
2018—#3,10637
2017—#3,12337
2016—#3,29334
2015#14,4826#2,96639
2014—#3,15435
2013—#3,33932
2012—#4,00325
2011#16,7645#3,60529
2010#13,4487#3,12836
2009—#3,63929
2008#17,5045#2,94640
2007#15,4916#3,79327
2006—#2,93238
2005—#2,49345
2004#11,6248#2,95334
2003#15,7845#2,78035
2002#11,1088#2,75534
2001#15,3525#2,15148
2000#13,1546#2,08748
1999#11,3857#3,03127
1998#7,53212#2,45035
1997#9,0179#2,61330
1996#8,13210#3,10723
1995—#3,43219
1994—#2,84725
1993#10,5887#3,50118
1992—#3,45918
1991—#8,2365
1990—#8,1175
1989—#5,6158
1988—#4,16211
1987—#4,9688
1986—#4,8538
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1984—#4,2159
1983—#4,4998
1982—#3,28213
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1980—#4,1349
1979—#4,4038
1978—#3,40011
1977—#3,60610
1976—#5,5875
1975—#2,90213
1974—#4,1907
1973—#3,6948
1972—#4,9865
1971—#4,9075
1970—#2,89111
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1967—#3,5596
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five boys were named Alexei! It came in at #4,065, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1961–1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Alexei is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedMINew York: #1,427 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 19,095 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #839 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,959 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,166 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 49,576 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alexei, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Pennsylvania#839 · 1 in 10,959
  2. New York#1,427 · 1 in 19,095
  3. California#2,166 · 1 in 49,576

Best ever in a state: #805 in New Jersey, 1994.

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Pennsylvania#83961 in 10,959
New York#1,42761 in 19,095
California#2,16651 in 49,576
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alexei
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 490 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #3,240)
  • 354 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #3,240)
  • 274 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #3,240)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 2000 at #2,087 (48 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,304
  • Highest: 1 in 34,304 boys born in 2021 were named Alexei (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,087 in 2000, was only 1 in 40,917 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Alexei (378) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s24#2,311 (1968)#3,312
1970s83#2,891 (1970)#4,057
1980s74#3,282 (1982)#4,466
1990s205#2,450 (1998)#4,079
2000s378#2,087 (2000)#2,853
2010s351#2,694 (2019)#3,241
2020s254#2,552 (2021)#2,946

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alexei in 2000

girls
#13,154
6 births · 1 in 302,673 girls
boys
#2,087
48 births · 1 in 40,917 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #13,154Alexei6

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #2,087Alexei48
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 302,673 of them was named Alexei, which outranked 25.5% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexei
  1. #11,801Zorria7
  2. #11,801Zyaria7
  3. #11,801Zyniah7
  4. #13,154Alexei6
  5. #13,154Aaisha6
  6. #13,154Aaniya6
  7. #13,154Aarica6
  8. #15,031Aaleah5
  9. #15,031Aalexis5
  10. #15,031Aaliayh5

Tied with 1,876 names at #13,154; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 40,917 of them was named Alexei, which outranked 82.8% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alexei
  1. #2,049Willy49
  2. #2,049Yair49
  3. #2,049Zamir49
  4. #2,087Alexei48
  5. #2,087Amador48
  6. #2,087Anibal48
  7. #2,087Cheyenne48
  8. #2,136Abhinav47
  9. #2,136Abran47
  10. #2,136Alston47

Tied with 48 names at #2,087; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000 →